USA members: anyone actually going to spend their "economic stimulus check"?

nasonm · May 1st, 2008, 01:30 PM

What are you going to do with your economic stimulus check?

tboy · May 1st, 2008, 01:34 PM

Buy a tank of gas

1293 · May 1st, 2008, 01:34 PM

Add it to my son's college fund.

BritishBluesBoy · May 1st, 2008, 01:39 PM

I'm planning on re-working one of my home builds... So some of it will go on stuff for that. Thinking about a mini humbucker in a 50's style Tele...

reverbbb · May 1st, 2008, 01:41 PM

You can see the results of my poll that I took back in February:

reverbbb's tax rebate poll

I would like to know when folks are actually beginning to receive their direct deposits. The news was reporting that some were scheduled to be sent last Monday. I have not heard of anyone yet that has gotten theirs.

Tdot · May 1st, 2008, 01:41 PM

Paying off bathroom mirrors & glass shower.

CJohnson · May 1st, 2008, 01:42 PM

Put it in savings

Tdot · May 1st, 2008, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reverbbb

I would like to know when folks are actually beginning to receive their direct deposits. The news was reporting that some were scheduled to be sent last Monday. I have not heard of anyone yet that has gotten theirs.

I heard direct deposits would start this friday.

nasonm · May 1st, 2008, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reverbbb

You can see the results of my poll that I took back in February:

reverbbb's tax rebate poll

I would like to know when folks are actually beginning to receive their direct deposits. The news was reporting that some were scheduled to be sent last Monday. I have not heard of anyone yet that has gotten theirs.

Oops, didn't see that one one 'verb.

I for one will be just putting it in the bank and try to survive this "economic down-turn"

morroben · May 1st, 2008, 01:46 PM

The stimulus check won't come close to equaling the check I wrote the IRS a month ago. This is just going to go into bank to cover all the normal stuff. Look at it however you want... a few tanks of gas, half a month's rent...it's all just outgoing money.

RiverDog · May 1st, 2008, 01:54 PM

I voted "pay off some debt" but I'm going to use a little of it to start a pedal board. I figure I'll stick to fairly inexspensive pedals for now.

TeleBrew · May 1st, 2008, 02:00 PM

It's going in the bank for some home improvements Mrs TeleBrew and I have on the horizon. So it'll get spent in a few months, but will probably go toward our Home Depot card balance ("12 months interest free" will be gone in a few months).

hollowman · May 1st, 2008, 02:11 PM

I am going to the casino to try to parlay it twofold. Hit me.

boris bubbanov · May 1st, 2008, 02:31 PM

I'm gonna send it back to the government.

There's one heck of a deficit. Somebody needs to cover all these IOUs we've written recently. Once the world realizes our word is no bond, we are finished.

CharlieO · May 1st, 2008, 02:51 PM

If I got one, it would go toward my mortgage. I don't think that would have any impact on the economy.

Radspin · May 1st, 2008, 03:03 PM

What I'm going to use it for: help to pay my second-half property tax bill.

What I'd like to use it for: buy a Foam Green Stratocaster, or Fano JM6 or Grosh Electrajet.

View Poll Results: What are you doing with your ES Check?
Put it in the bank	11	39.29%
buy something fun with it (Tele, etc)	2	7.14%
Use it to pay off some debt	12	42.86%
just try to get a few tanks of gas out of it	3	10.71%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

May 1st, 2008, 01:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
nasonm Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bangor, Maine Age: 31 Posts: 1,690 16 Photos	USA members: anyone actually going to spend their "economic stimulus check"? What are you going to do with your economic stimulus check? __________________ "i have learned to just grit my teeth, change the subject, consider their deep total ignorance, fondle the thumb picks in my pocket and go on my way" - bender-freak It's been lonely in the saddle since my horse died

May 1st, 2008, 01:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
BritishBluesBoy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Age: 40 Posts: 4,581 62 Photos	I'm planning on re-working one of my home builds... So some of it will go on stuff for that. Thinking about a mini humbucker in a 50's style Tele... __________________ BBB.

May 1st, 2008, 01:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
reverbbb Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Just Plano, Texas Age: 50 Posts: 3,705 34 Photos	You can see the results of my poll that I took back in February: reverbbb's tax rebate poll I would like to know when folks are actually beginning to receive their direct deposits. The news was reporting that some were scheduled to be sent last Monday. I have not heard of anyone yet that has gotten theirs. __________________ "I come here to reflect a little."™ Myspace Guitarist P&W Forum

May 1st, 2008, 01:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tdot Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Back of the Wasatch, UT Posts: 3,688 55 Photos	Paying off bathroom mirrors & glass shower. __________________ And now for some feedback: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

May 1st, 2008, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
tboy Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 647 7 Photos	Buy a tank of gas

May 1st, 2008, 01:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
1293 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,543	Add it to my son's college fund.

May 1st, 2008, 01:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
CJohnson Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Owasso, Oklahoma Age: 39 Posts: 152	Put it in savings

May 1st, 2008, 01:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
morroben Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: california Age: 32 Posts: 1,834 18 Photos	The stimulus check won't come close to equaling the check I wrote the IRS a month ago. This is just going to go into bank to cover all the normal stuff. Look at it however you want... a few tanks of gas, half a month's rent...it's all just outgoing money.

May 1st, 2008, 01:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
RiverDog Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St. Augustine, FL Age: 39 Posts: 341	I voted "pay off some debt" but I'm going to use a little of it to start a pedal board. I figure I'll stick to fairly inexspensive pedals for now. __________________ Aaron "Rain is God's way of washing off hippies." - Demetri Martin

May 1st, 2008, 02:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
TeleBrew Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kittredge, Colorado Age: 36 Posts: 878	It's going in the bank for some home improvements Mrs TeleBrew and I have on the horizon. So it'll get spent in a few months, but will probably go toward our Home Depot card balance ("12 months interest free" will be gone in a few months). __________________ "Where do you fit in pthtttpt magazine?" - Pete Townshend

May 1st, 2008, 02:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
hollowman Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kansas City Age: 44 Posts: 492	I am going to the casino to try to parlay it twofold. Hit me. __________________ "In a land where all are blind, the one eyed man is king"

May 1st, 2008, 02:31 PM	#14 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 8,430	I'm gonna send it back to the government. There's one heck of a deficit. Somebody needs to cover all these IOUs we've written recently. Once the world realizes our word is no bond, we are finished. __________________ Bubban0v

May 1st, 2008, 02:51 PM	#15 (permalink)
CharlieO Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Age: 56 Posts: 1,355 9 Photos	If I got one, it would go toward my mortgage. I don't think that would have any impact on the economy. __________________ http://www.CharlesOffer.com

May 1st, 2008, 03:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
Radspin Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Northport, NY Age: 53 Posts: 237	What I'm going to use it for: help to pay my second-half property tax bill. What I'd like to use it for: buy a Foam Green Stratocaster, or Fano JM6 or Grosh Electrajet.